X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:33:30 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7.1-1 Setup.exe version 2.676 fails to install on  Windows   7   x64
Message-ID: <20100117013330.GA15271@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <e28dda531001161607i1fb545d8id405566b5dcc3395 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>  <hitnlk$kg0$1 AT ger DOT gmane DOT org>  <4B526397 DOT 5020404 AT cygwin DOT com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <4B526397.5020404@cygwin.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 08:10:47PM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>On 01/16/2010 08:03 PM, Sven K??hler wrote:
>> Am 17.01.2010 01:07, schrieb Clinton Goudie-Nice:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> Cygwin 1.7.1 is failing to install on a relatively clean Windows 7 x64
>>> box. I installed this box today, applied the updates and installed a
>>> minimal amount of other software (MS office 2007, WHS client, the
>>> gimp, inkscribe, pidgin, flash, and acrobat reader). I applied all of
>>> the windows updates to bring the box current, then I tried to install
>>> cygwin.
>>>
>>> The cygwin installer hangs at /var/lib/alternatives/.keep-alternatives
>>> for alternatives-1.3.30c-10
>>
>> Same problem here.
>
>Try again with 2.677.  It's out now.  If you don't get it when you
>download from cygwin.com, make sure none of your servers are
>caching an old copy.

Right.  There was a bad version of setup.exe installed (by me) which
failed to install zero-length files like what you see in the
alternatives package.

It's fixed now.

cgf

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple